Senior Software Engineer - Platform & API Integration

Peraton is a national security and enterprise IT company delivering mission-focused technology solutions for government agencies and the U.S. armed forces. The company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead architecture updates and API integration for a federal environmental data migration program, integrating marine and anadromous species data into the IPaC platform. The role also supports application functionality, testing, deployment, demonstrations, and operational documentation.

Responsibilities:

• Lead application architecture updates to support new species data integration, ensuring all changes comply with platform constraints and IT governance standards
• Design and implement API integration between the application and the cloud data platform, enabling species data retrieval for consultation workflows
• Implement new species display functionality within the platform, including habitat designations, listing status, and regulatory requirements
• Develop programmatic consultation logic alignment updates, implementing joint agency consultation handling logic
• Support the establishment and maintenance of the demo environment for government demonstrations
• Support interoperability testing by resolving application-layer defects identified during testing
• Contribute to the IPaC UI and Logic Update Package, delivering all application-layer integration components including API connections, species display functionality, and joint agency consultation handling logic for government review
• Support delivery of Updated DKeys and Consultation Package Builder Assets by implementing platform-side integration updates required to support new DKey content and consultation package assembly workflows
• Execute production cutover application deployment activities per the approved migration playbook
• Contribute to the Final Operational Playbooks by documenting application maintenance procedures and incident response protocols

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree and 8 years professional experience or a Masters degree and 6 years professional experience or an Associates degree and 10 years professional experience; or a high school diploma/equivalent and 12 years' professional experience
• U.S. Citizenship required
• must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
• Extensive experience with software development with a focus on federal application integration
• Experience designing and implementing REST API integrations between federal applications and cloud data platforms
• Proficiency in Java, Python, or equivalent backend development languages
• Experience with Git or equivalent version control platforms for federal application code management and deployment
• Experience with federal software development standards and FedRAMP-compliant deployment
• Familiarity with Section 508/WCAG 2.0 accessibility requirements for federal application development
• Familiarity with federal IT governance frameworks and platform constraint management
• Experience with the Information for Planning and Consultation (IPaC) platform or similar federal environmental decision support systems
• Familiarity with DKey systems or consultation package builder platforms within federal environmental decision support tools
• Familiarity with Databricks or cloud data lakehouse API integration
• Familiarity with integration testing frameworks or API contract testing tools (Postman, SoapUI, or equivalent)
• Experience with Agile/iterative software development on federal programs
• Experience with DOI, FWS, or NOAA Fisheries IT environments